Former Red Wings free-agent target Shane Doan has deal with Coyotes, pending sale of club

Free-agent forward Shane Doan, a player the Detroit Red Wings were interested in signing before dropping out of the bidding more than a month ago, told a Phoenix radio station that he's agreed to a new deal with the Coyotes.

Doan told XTRA 910 that prospective owner Greg Jamison has secured the money to purchase the Coyotes and said he will sign with the club he has played for since 1995-96 once the sale is official.

“My goal has been to stay here the whole time,” Doan told XTRA 910. “Don (general manager Maloney) and Tip (coach Dave Tippett) and the organization have been great. We have a deal worked out. We just want to make sure that the team gets signed and that everything gets done and it gets done before (Sept.) 15th.”

Doan added that if Jamison's attempts to purchase the team fall through, he's narrowed the list of teams he'd sign with to just a few.